Uganda Cranes head coach Paul Put has urged his team to replicate magic and brilliance during 4-0 win over Mozambique as Uganda faces Somalia today in World Cup qualifiers.
Last week, Cranes edged Mozambique 4-0 thanks to brace from Rogers Mato, and two from allan Okello and Capradossi to send the Cranes 2nd in group G standings.
Uganda will face Somalia today at Mandela National Stadium Namboole at 7PM in a must win a game.
Speaking ahead of the World Cup qualfier fixture, Cranes coach Put said he hoped the team would show the same resilience and mentality in the Mozambique game to overcome Somalia.
"If you're not motivated, if you're not mentally prepared, it is difficult in Africa. So, we hope that we have our supporters behind us and I hope we can play the same way that we did when facing Mozambique. It means with forward pressure, aggressivity, good mentality," Put said.
"Also the football we brought (against Mozambique) should be the same today, because otherwise we are going to face a difficult game," he added.
Cranes come into this game second behind table leaders Algeria who are standing on 18 points, six points above Cranes.
On the other side, Somalia who have only registered a point in the group are last of the log, having lost 0-3 to Guinea last week.
Uganda are tied on points with Guinea with 12 points but Cranes are above with a better goal difference.
Uganda will be hoping to maintain the same performance and three points against Mozambique to build on that and raise hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
